Olive Oil the New Zealand Way: The joys and challenges of leaving city certainty for the unknown world of olive growing
By (Author) David Walshaw
Mary Egan Publishing
Mary Egan Publishing
1st May 2018
New Zealand
General
Non Fiction
Gardening
Biography: general
Cookery / food and drink / food writing
Paperback
192
Width 180mm, Height 255mm, Spine 15mm
Told with candour and humour, Olive Oil the New Zealand Way is part inspirational memoir, part case study in how to make a go of lifestyle farming - and a must-read for anyone nuts enough to give growing olives in the New Zealand situation a go
While writing a book was not what David Walshaw planned for a fourth career it seemed natural to respond to the many questions he received about transitioning from city to land and what it meant on a personal level. Many people have this dream in the back of their mind, so David thought he would write about his "journey" to share a first-hand experience. David spent 25 years in many roles from message boy to senior management in banking over 25 years then left that to build his own financial advisory and investment company for 13 years. Subsequently he had to realise the long-held dream of "growing something" and there started his life growing olive oil, and marketing Kapiti Olives, for the last 14 years. David's hard-earned success has been illustrated by the many awards won by Kapiti Olive Oil.